Adjustable nose piece for spectacles



" port will be positively heldat any posi-l Patented Dec. 7v1926 l UNiTTED s LOUISE c. KING, 'or CLEVELAND, oHIo.

ADJUSTABLE NOSE PIECE FOR SPECTACLES.

Application led .Tune 2S,

AThis invention relates to spectacles, and has for its object to provide a nose piece which can be readily adjusted to position the lenses to suit the convenience of the wearer, the nose piece carrying member being bodily adjustable, and the adjusting means being such that the nose piece suption to which it may be adjusted.

The present invention is particularly useful for spectacles of the type known as shooting glasses, and for goggles or spectacles such as used by out-door workers, .automobilists and the like.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention may be said to comprise the structures illustrated in the accompanying drawings, hereinafter described and particularly set forth in the appended claims, together with such variations and modifications thereof aswill be apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains.

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawings forming-a part of this specification, in which Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of a pair of spectacles .embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary rear elevation showing the web connecting the lens frames and the nose piece supporting member adjustably mounted in the web; Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2: Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 25g/Fig. 6 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 4, showing a modified form of nose ,piecel support'.

In the accompanying drawings the invention is shown. applied to a pair of shooting glasses having relatively large curved lenses 1. enclosed in frames 2, and provided yat their outer ends with the usual bows 3. The inner edges of the lens frames are relatively close together and are connected by a web indicated generally at 4, which serves to Iirmly support the lens frames. In s ectacles of the type referred to. the indivi ual .lenses are curved, and the lens support-ing framework is curved outwardly from one bow to the other so that the spectacles may tit closely upon the face ot the wearer. In spectacles of this character it is desirable that there be a limited pivotal movement between the frames and the two lenses to permit the spectacles to be flattened out for insertion into a spectacle case.

.1924. Serial No. 722,952.

ever, is not essential to the present invention.

The pivotal connection is provided by means of upper and lower square posts 5 and 6, which have' laterally projecting lugs 7 and 8 forming hinged knuckles which cooperate with similar lugs or knuckles 9 and 10 upon the inner edges of the web plates -11, which are integral with, or rigidly secured to the lens frames 2. The posts 5 and 6z are secured to the webv plates 11 by means. of hinge pins 12 and 13 which pass through the (3o-operating hinge knuckles 7 and 9 and 8 and. 10 respectively.

The inner edges of the web plates 11 are notched, and the posts 5 and 6 are spaced with their lower and upper ends adjacent the upper and lower edges of the notches to provide a transverse slot 14 in the web 4.

The post 5 has acylindrical bore from its lower end, and the lower post 6 is tubular and square in 'cross-section upon the interior. The hollow posts 5 and 6 Jform a socket in the web ,adaptedto receive a vertical nose piece supporting rod 15 whichhas an upper cylindrical end 16 which is screw threaded and adapted to extend into^the bore of the post 5, the lower portion of they rod 15 being square in cross-section and itting within the tubular post 6. The upper threaded end 16 of the rod is engagedA by a nut 17 which is positioned in the slot- 14 of the web'. By 'rotating the nut'l? the supporting rod 15 may be adjusted up or down in the web. The nut 17 projects upon both sides of the web 4 and can be readily grasped between a thumb `and nge-r to adjust the rod. The nose piece 18, which is carried by the lower end of the rod 15, is preferably adjustable inwardly and outwardly with respect to the lenses, and to this end the lower end of the rod 15 may be provided with an outwardly and downwardly extending socket portion 19 which is adapted to receive a rod 20. to the outer end of which the nose piece 18 is connected by means of a pivot 21. The socket 19 and the rod 20 are preferably of square cross-section, and the rod20 is adapted to be held in ad.- justed position in the 'socket' 19 by means of a set screw 22.

In Fig. 6 of the drawing a modified form of nose piece'support is provided. In this formi, the nose piece support .is in the form of a rod having an upper threaded end 16a and a lower end portion, square in crosssection, the member l5a being adapted to be bendable material, and the loop portion 15b ,provides means whereby the nose piece 18a may be positioned inwardly and outwardly with respect to the web,

Having describedmy invention, I claim: l. In apair of spectacles, the combination with the two lenses held together by a connecting member, of a supporting member carried bythe connecting member, means for i gitudi'nan adjusting the supporting member upwardly or downwardly with respect to the lenses,

.and a nose piece carried bythe supportingV member, vsaid nose piece being adjustable in- Wardly or outwardly lwith respect-to` the lenses. l Y 2. In a pair of spectacles, the combination with the two lenses held together by a connecting member, of a rod'carried bythe connecting member and positioned substantially in the plane of the adjacent edge portionsof the lenses meansfor adjusting sald rod lonand a nose piece carried lby' the ro`d and movable therewith vupwardly 'and downwardly with respect to the lenses.

3. In a pair of spectacles, the combination `with the two lenses thereof,

web extending between the lenses, a rod positioned substantially in the lplane of the web and having 'its upper end s dably mounted in the web, means for holding the rod in dif- 1 ferent adjusted positions with respect to the web, and a nose piece connected to the lower end of the rod and movable'the'rewith upwardly and downwardly with respect to the lenses. A

.and said web to adjust said-rod, inwardly.

' havingV a threaded said rod.

of ar connecting 4. In apair'of spectacles, the vcombination j with the two lenses thereof, of 'aconnecting web extending between the lenses, said web being formed with a central verticall dis-- posed socket, a \rod having a threade portiony disposed in saidsocket, a nut co-operating with the threaded portion ofI the rod. y and a nose piece carried by the rod.

5.1 In a pair of spectacles, the combination with the'lenses, of a connecting member bev tween the lenses, a vertically disposed rod slidably and non-rotatably mounted in the connecting member, anose piece carried by the rod' and adapted to be adjusted laterally with respectrthereto, andmeans for-adjusting the rod longitudinally and'for securing the same in adjusted pos1tions.

6. with the lenses, of a connecting web extend- In a pair of spectacles, the combination ing between the lenses, said Iweb having a certral vertically disposed socket open at one en ing intothe socket, said rod being but non-rotatably mounted in the socket and the threaded portion of the rod and disposed in said slot, and a nose piece carried by 7. In a 'pair of spectacles, the combination with the lenses, of a connecting web extending between the lenses, said web` having a central vertically disposed socket lopen at its lower end and closed at thev top'and Ia transverse slot across the socket intermediate the ends thereof, a rod extending intothe.

socket; said rod vbeingslidably but non-rm' the socket and having a.

tatabl mounted in threa ed upper end, a nut engaging the and a transverse slot across the socket; intermediate the endsthereof, .a rod extend-- slidably f portion, a nut engaging threaded end of the rod and disposedin said slot, the rod at its lower gularly disposed portion,

carried by said angularly disposed' portion# signature.

end having .an an- 1nd a nose piece 9o A In testimonyv whereof, I hereunto@- afiixmy 

